Scam of the century on Craigslist

I thought you were going to mention a very similiar '60 260DA with generator, full camper canvas, radar arch, etc. on the Norfolk, VA craigslist for $28,900. Cousin there sent it to me. I contacted the guy via email twice this past Saturday and never got a reply. Figured it was too good to be true. A couple of days later, the posting was flagged and removed.

I also played with a guy for awhile about a 280DA at an incredible deal; boat located in Jupiter, FL. Guy tells me he's on travel to the UK; I can't see the boat as it's already in a shipping container and to use some escrow service for funds. He'd ship it to me FREE and if I didn't like what I saw, he'd ship it back, FREE. I had fun with him and eventually called him out. Never got a reply. :)
 
It's fun to try to scam the scammers. I played with the 260 seller. I kept him on the hook for several days, trying to see how far he'd lie. Eventually, I got bored and told him his scam was pathetic.
 
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A few years ago I was playing with a scammer who wanted to purchase my boat "as a wedding present". Needed to get the "deal done in a hurry", "Buyer was out of the country on business". This guy actually sent me a "bank check" for $58,700.42 from a VERY well known bank. I mean it looked VERY real. So much so, I almost thought I had this guy pegged wrong...I actually took it to a local branch near me and talked with the bank manager (didn't take it to the window....could you imagine). I explained my skepticism and the whole story, and I just wanted to verify the funds and validity, etc. He looked at it said, "looks fine to me, but let me check"... he disappears into another office and "bam" back to reality.... Great big VOID Stamped across the center of the check. The things these guys will go through to scam someone.:huh:
 
Its only a SCAM if they get your money !!!, :thumbsup:
Otherwise its just a ad. :grin:
 
You have to be careful even handing out email addresses... Over 80% of people that use the Internet use their primary email address as their login name (power company, bank, vendors, utilities, etc etc.) and some of these scamers are just harvesting email account names. Once they have that, they can brute force crack passwords on 1000's of sites that have your now known username/email.... Once they get your password on "Jim-Bob-Joe's-cheap-wire.com", they then go after your account on banks, etc which have the same username/password combo... You now have to keep your email address "private" that you use for logging into financial sites. That's the real scam...
 
Gary
How true that is.
GF had her wallet lifted out of her purse when we were out to dinner 9 days ago.
Up to over 20K in fraud right now.
Even got her SS Number.

Cashed a check yesterday for $4500 and had new ID's from out of state with her info
on them.
Luckily an alert cashier called her after this incident.
Hoping it is now over as dumb fraud went to another branch in next town over and tried to cash another $4500 check.

Police were called and thief was arrested.
Only problem now is that we hope it was not a ring of thieves involved.
As they did get access to a couple of her on-line accounts.
Her e-mail address was on her business cards in the wallet.

In the process of changing all passwords and PIN numbers.
What a PITA!

Dan
 
Rono007, that is the exact boat they listed in Savannah, that started this thread. I'm surprised, because the Spammer said he was being deployed this past week, and that is why he needed the money so soon. Wow, he must have a personal connection with Obama.
 
Georgia SeaDawg said:
Rono007, that is the exact boat they listed in Savannah, that started this thread. I'm surprised, because the Spammer said he was being deployed this past week, and that is why he needed the money so soon. Wow, he must have a personal connection with Obama.
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